Nudie Reads

Harry Houdini wrote a book debunking spiritualism and mediums. It is filled with precise, polite yet brutal takedowns. The Handcuff King who left school at 8 wasn't just the world's greatest escapologist - pace David Copperfield - he was a wise man and a gifted writer. 🇭🇺🇺🇸⛓💦👀 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

7 Okt 202124min

Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow from 1819 remains a beloved spooky fun story 200 years later. He knew New York State better than most, even wrote a biography of NY. But he's best loved for the Headless Horseman - great writing and a perfect October listen.🇺🇸💀🐎🎃 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

3 Okt 202145min

Joan of Arc should never have been tried for heresy, much less found guilty and burned at the stake. What does it take to overturn a sham trial? 20 years and very blunt language that obliterates the past. Great writing from 15th century Rouen, France. 🇫🇷😇 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

30 Sep 202115min

Oscar Wilde's children's stories were heavy on sorrow and emotion - not the usual modern childhood fare. As with all his writing, though, they are great literary works including the deceptively titled Happy Prince. 👑🐦💎💔 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

26 Sep 202131min

Richard Feynman was an American theoretical physicist and he didn't like junk science or junk scientists. In 1974 he gave a commencement address to Caltech graduates telling them not to be junk. Great words from the 1970s. 🇺🇸🔬🎓👍🚫👎 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

23 Sep 202128min

Jane Austen is an English literature giant. Her second novel Pride & Prejudice is 🐐 of romance and an astute social observation of manners and marriage and class. It's not chick lit. It's truly great lit. 👦👧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏰💷🥰💍 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

19 Sep 202131min

Alfred Hitchcock was the master of suspense film-making. Psycho, anyone? 😱 He understood fear and the secret pleasure of it. And in 1949 he wrote about it. Great writing from a visual genius. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🎥🇺🇸😵‍💫 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

16 Sep 202121min

The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first spy-espionage manhunt thriller novel. Scotsman John Buchan was a gifted writer whose best-known work published 1915 introduced gentleman adventurer and foiler of dastardly plots, Richard Hannay. Bond before Bond. And just as much fun. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧥🗡🏃👁 Get in touch: Email: nudiereads@gmail.com Web: https://about.me/nudiereads Instagram: instagram.com/nudiereads Podcast: https://anchor.fm/nudiereads Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/nudiereads

12 Sep 202133min